善意的谎言A white lie

 　　A middle-aged¹ couple went to the gallery.

　　一对中年夫妻来到画廊。

　　The wife who was nearsighted, stood in front of a mirror at the entrance, which she thought that it was a picture, and she saw a woman’s image² and cried out, “Dear me, how could a woman be so ugly?”

　　妻子是近视眼，她站到了入口处的镜子面前，她以为这面镜子是一幅画。她看到了一张女人的肖像，惊呼道：“天呐，天下竟然有这样丑陋的女人。“

　　“Don’t be so fussy,” said the husband. “It’s lucky that it is not a mirror and it’s a picture.”

　　“别大惊小怪，”她的丈夫说，“还好那是一张画，而不是一面镜子。”

1 middle-aged   

adj.中年的

参考例句：

• I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
• The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。

2 image   

n.图象；肖像；形象

参考例句：

• How can we improve our public image?我们怎样才能改善公众形象？
• Honesty is the best image.诚实是最好的形象。